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haste Listen to audio/ˈheɪst/ noun
[noncount] : speed of motion or action : quickness or eagerness that can result in mistakes
The application had been approved with undue haste.often used with in He left in haste [=hurriedly, in a hurry], so I didn't get a chance to talk to him. She sent the letter in haste and later regretted it. In their haste to leave for the airport, they forgot their passports.
haste makes waste
USused to say that doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, materials, etc., being wasted
make haste
old-fashioned : to move, act, or go quickly : hurry
You will be too late, if you do not make haste. — Jane Austen, Persuasion (1817)

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